Abstract:
A maintenance liquid for inkjet recording, including: a compound represented by the following Formula (I) and having an HLB value of from 10.5 to 13.8, a water-soluble organic solvent represented by the following Formula (II), a moisturizing agent, and water is disclosed. In the formulae, R1 represents a straight chain or branched alkyl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a straight chain or branched alkenyl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aryl group; m represents an integer from 3 to 14, each of R3 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, provided that R3 and R5 never represent a hydrogen atom at the same time; R4 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group; and x represents an integer from 1 to 4. R1—O—(CH2CH2O)m—H Formula (I) R3OR4xOR5 Formula (II)
Abstract:
The invention provides an ink composition for inkjet printing, the ink composition containing water, a coloring material, a polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator represented by the following Formula (X), and polymer particles having a glass transition temperature of 90° C. or higher, a mass ratio of the polymer particles to the polymerization initiator represented by Formula (X) being in a range of from 1:10 to 10:1 [in Formula (X), each of RX1, RX2, RX3, and RX4 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and n represents an integer from 1 to 4].